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smith
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smith \Smith\ (sm[i^]th), n. [AS. smi[eth]; akin to D. smid, G.
schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smi[eth]r, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth.
smi[thorn]a (in comp.); cf. Gr. smi`lh a sort of knife,
sminy`h a hoe, mattock.]
1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals;
as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.
--Piers Plowman.
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Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
--Tate.
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2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smith \Smith\, v. t. [AS. smi[eth]ian. See Smith, n.] To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
